The pandemic-induced labor market squeeze has created new opportunities for formerly incarcerated Michiganders. Experts say businesses have become increasingly open to hiring applicants with criminal records.
A Supreme Court ruling backing a Christian website designer who didn’t want same-sex clients has created uncertainty in Michigan over the limits of business owners’ First Amendment rights.
Viking wanted a piece of the growing Great Lakes cruise industry. Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration saw a chance to deepen research into climate change. A marriage was born.
The former House speaker bypassed projects with greater need to secure money for a dam and repairs to Lake Shamrock. Wentworth also secured $25M for a Clare health campus led by the same aide.
A court ruling the week of July 17 will decide if work can continue on the eventual site of Ford Motor Co.’s $3.5 billion battery factory in Marshall. A citizens group is asking a judge to issue a temporary restraining order on site work during litigation over whether they can force a public vote on the property’s zoning.
The change was spurred by Michigan voters’ choice to legalize recreational marijuana in 2018. Prison guards, state troopers, others will still be tested.
A former legislative aide to onetime House Speaker Jason Wentworth led both a nonprofit that secured the grant and a for-profit firm that was paid more than $820,000 days after it went into effect.
The 18-bed psychiatric unit in Cheboygan is scheduled to serve 22 northern Michigan counties this summer, where there is an acute shortage of mental health professionals.
Women will no longer need a prescription from a doctor to receive birth control. The FDA approved, Opill an oral contraceptive for over-the-counter use.
